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San Luis Obispo, county seat of San Luis Obispo County, Calif. G, 3. 



Merriam, Nelson. 

 San Simeon, S<in Luis Obispo County, Calif. P, 2. 



A port on bay of same name about 40 miles (65 kilometers) nortbwest of San Luis 

 Obispo : Nelson. 



Santa Clara Valley. 



(1) Washington County, Utab. [C, 17.] Tbe valley of tbe Santa Clara River (a 

 branch of tbe Virgin River) in tbe lower part of which tbe town of St. George is 

 situated Mekriam, Bailey. 



(2) Ventura County, California. [H-I, 6-8.] Tbe valley of tbe Santa Clara River, 

 a stream rising in the Soledad Pass and flowing westward into tbe Santa Barbara 

 Channel. 



(3) Santa Clara County, California. A large valley at the southern end of San 

 Francisco Bay in which are the towns of San Jose and Santa Clara. 



Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo County, Calif. Altitude, 996 feet (304 meters). 

 G, 3. 

 A post-office and station on the coast division of the Southern Pacific Railroad 

 about 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of San Luis Obispo Nelson. 



Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, Calif. H, 4. 



A town on the road from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara, about 25 or 30 miles 

 (40-50 kilometers) southeast of San Luis Obispo Nelson. 



Santa Paula, Ventura County, Calif. Altitude 286 feet (87 meters). 



A station on tbe Southern Pacific Railroad, 44 miles (70 kilometers) east of Santa 

 Barbara Nelson. 



Santa Yiiez Mission, Santa Barbara County, Calif. H, 4. 



An old Spanish mission on the road from Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo, 25 or 

 30 miles (40 or 48 kilometers) northwest of Santa Barbara Nelson. 



Saratoga Springs, Inyo County, Calif. Altitude 352* feet (107 meters). F, 12. 



Warm springs in the extreme southeast end of Death Valley, near the bend of the 

 Amargosa River, on the road from Daggett to Resting Springs. 



Merriam, Bailey, Palmer, Nelson, Stephens. 



Sarcobatus Flat, Nevada. Altitude about 4,400* feet (1,340 meters). C, 10-11. 



A flat or valley between the Grapevine Mountains and the Ralston Desert, on the 

 boundary between Nye and Esmeralda counties. Named from the greasewood (Sar- 

 cobatus vermicalatus) which covers the clay dunes in the lower part of the flat. 



Merriam, Bailey, Stephens. 



Searles' Borax Works, California. (See Borax Flat). 



Sheep Spring, Lincoln County, Nev. Altitude about 6,700* feet (2,041 meters). B, 16. 

 A spring on the east slope of the Juniper Mountains, about 20 miles (32 kilo- 

 meters) southeast of Piocbe ' Merriam, Bailey. 



Shepherd Canon, Inyo County, Calif. E, 10. 



A pass in the Argus Mountains on the road between Coso and Panamint valleys, 

 about 6 or 8 miles (10 or 13 kilometers) south of Maturango Peak. 



Bailey, Fisher, Nelson. 

 Shoal Creek, Utah. B, 17. 



A small stream on the east slope of the southern part of the Juniper Mountains, 

 sinking before reaching the Escalante Desert; about 30 or 35 miles (48 or 55 kilo- 

 meters) northwest of St. George Merriam, Bailey. 



